Nov. 25, 2003

Bob Cornell, Director of Athletic Communications at Colgate University, will receive the Scoop Hudgins Oustanding Sports Information Director Award from the All-American Football Foundation on Dec. 4. The 56th Banquet of Champions will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton, N.J.

Cornell is in his 28th year as Colgate's football SID and has received several awards for his service to Colgate and the field of sports information. In July of 2001, Cornell was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors Association Hall of Fame. On September 19, 2003 he was inducted into the SUNY-Cobleskill Athletic Hall of Fame.

During his career in the sports information field, he has served as a press liaison for numerous NCAA and ECAC championships and regional events, including Media Coordinator of the NCAA Division I Golf Championships in 1977.

He served on the press liaison staff for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. In addition, he was on the press liaison staff at four Olympic Festivals (1981, '82, '83, '87).

He has served on the Site Selection, Post-Graduate Scholarship, and Ethics Committees of the College Sports Information Directors of America. Cornell is a past president of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association, and the 1992 recipient of the Irving T. Marsh Service Bureau Award, presented annually to the sports information director who has contributed the most to the work of the Bureau during the year and throughout his or her career.

A native of Rochester, New York, Cornell received his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of New Haven and an AAS in Business Admini6stration from SUNY-Cobleskill. Cornell resides in Hamilton with his wife Shirley and their two children, Rob and Ashley.